Fun With Book Expo!
When we were in college and having delusions of literary greatness, we imagined that that a "Book Expo" in New York City, the Greatest City In The World, would feature all the great authors sitting at a big desk and discussing their craft. Richard Ford. Kurt Vonnegut. Charles Bukowski. Douglas Coupland. Don DeLillo. Maybe Salinger would shock everyone and drop by. It was our fantasy. Let us have it.
But, as people who were at the actual Book Expo last week can tell you, um, it's not really like that. The fine folks at Open All Night run it down for us. Gloria Estefan hawking teddy bears. "The Sopranos"' Steve Schirripa eating meatballs. Wynonna Judd, uh, trying to steal them. Feel the literary magic.—WL
